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Est. 1931
New research from UNC SILS & @citap.bsky.social: Dr. Francesca Tripodi co-leads “Curating the Commons: AI, Wikipedia, & Notability,” exploring how AI and Wikipedia shape public knowledge. Funded by UK Research & Innovation through AHRC's braiduk.bsky.social.
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December 9, 2025 at 8:33 PM
New research from UNC SILS & @citap.bsky.social: Dr. Francesca Tripodi co-leads “Curating the Commons: AI, Wikipedia, & Notability,” exploring how AI and Wikipedia shape public knowledge. Funded by UK Research & Innovation through AHRC's braiduk.bsky.social.
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Meet more of our newest SILS PhD students! Punya, Harvey, Ady, and Dottie's work explores how people use technology, access information, and shape their communities. We’re thrilled to welcome them to SILS!
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#UNCSILS #StudentSpotlight #PhDStudents
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#UNCSILS #StudentSpotlight #PhDStudents
Get to Know SILS Incoming PhD Students Part 2 - School of Information and Library Science
We’re back with the second installment of our “Get to Know You” series, featuring the remaining members of our newest PhD cohort!
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December 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Meet more of our newest SILS PhD students! Punya, Harvey, Ady, and Dottie's work explores how people use technology, access information, and shape their communities. We’re thrilled to welcome them to SILS!
🔗 Read the full story: buff.ly/UNmpP7L
#UNCSILS #StudentSpotlight #PhDStudents
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#UNCSILS #StudentSpotlight #PhDStudents
⏰ It's almost here! Join us tomorrow for a Cup of Tea with Dr. P, December 10 from 3:30–4:30 p.m. at the SILS Library. Crafts, snacks, and a little bit of peace and quiet await! 🍵 #UNCSILS #SILSCommunity #CupofTeaWithDrP buff.ly/gupjE8J
December 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
⏰ It's almost here! Join us tomorrow for a Cup of Tea with Dr. P, December 10 from 3:30–4:30 p.m. at the SILS Library. Crafts, snacks, and a little bit of peace and quiet await! 🍵 #UNCSILS #SILSCommunity #CupofTeaWithDrP buff.ly/gupjE8J
Jeffrey Bardzell, UNC Vice Provost for AI, Chief AI Officer, and SILS professor, shares his perspective on AI careers and higher education in an IT Brew interview.
He explains how higher education builds critical thinking and leadership skills needed to succeed in tech.
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He explains how higher education builds critical thinking and leadership skills needed to succeed in tech.
Read more: buff.ly/gPXR3Ar
To upskill or to pursue higher education? Experts are divided
One founder and CEO says colleges don’t teach “real-world applicability.”
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December 1, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Jeffrey Bardzell, UNC Vice Provost for AI, Chief AI Officer, and SILS professor, shares his perspective on AI careers and higher education in an IT Brew interview.
He explains how higher education builds critical thinking and leadership skills needed to succeed in tech.
Read more: buff.ly/gPXR3Ar
He explains how higher education builds critical thinking and leadership skills needed to succeed in tech.
Read more: buff.ly/gPXR3Ar
Looking back at fall highlights at SILS 📚🍂
Students, faculty, staff, & community members came together for a Banned Book Reading to celebrate the freedom to read.
A big thank you to all our readers, UNC Libraries, and UNC Hussman School of Journalism & Media for helping make this event possible!
Students, faculty, staff, & community members came together for a Banned Book Reading to celebrate the freedom to read.
A big thank you to all our readers, UNC Libraries, and UNC Hussman School of Journalism & Media for helping make this event possible!
November 25, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Looking back at fall highlights at SILS 📚🍂
Students, faculty, staff, & community members came together for a Banned Book Reading to celebrate the freedom to read.
A big thank you to all our readers, UNC Libraries, and UNC Hussman School of Journalism & Media for helping make this event possible!
Students, faculty, staff, & community members came together for a Banned Book Reading to celebrate the freedom to read.
A big thank you to all our readers, UNC Libraries, and UNC Hussman School of Journalism & Media for helping make this event possible!
“SILS is a small school with a big impact… I look forward to building the next chapter.” — Diane Kelly, Interim Dean
Kelly is guiding SILS through an exciting transition, focused on communication, transparency, & elevating the work of its community.
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#UNCSILS
Kelly is guiding SILS through an exciting transition, focused on communication, transparency, & elevating the work of its community.
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#UNCSILS
Diane Kelly Named Interim Dean of the UNC School of Information and Library Science - School of Information and Library Science
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) has appointed Wilson Distinguished Professor Diane Kelly as interim dean, effective November 18, 2025. She will serve…
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November 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
“SILS is a small school with a big impact… I look forward to building the next chapter.” — Diane Kelly, Interim Dean
Kelly is guiding SILS through an exciting transition, focused on communication, transparency, & elevating the work of its community.
🔗 Read more: buff.ly/lMveraC
#UNCSILS
Kelly is guiding SILS through an exciting transition, focused on communication, transparency, & elevating the work of its community.
🔗 Read more: buff.ly/lMveraC
#UNCSILS
UNC SILS faculty Dr. Rob Capra and Dr. Jaime Arguello contributed to a new operator comment taxonomy now adopted into NSA policy through work with NC State’s Laboratory for Analytic Sciences. The framework improves how analysts document context and meaning in foreign communications. buff.ly/LtECDN7
Operator Comment Taxonomy Developed by NC State, UNC Added to National Security Policy
The updated policy requires foreign language analysts to make comments based on a categorization system created by researchers at the Laboratory for Analytic Sciences.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:47 AM
UNC SILS faculty Dr. Rob Capra and Dr. Jaime Arguello contributed to a new operator comment taxonomy now adopted into NSA policy through work with NC State’s Laboratory for Analytic Sciences. The framework improves how analysts document context and meaning in foreign communications. buff.ly/LtECDN7
🍂 Fall Highlights from SILS!
A look back at our inaugural INSPIRE@SILS Research Symposium, where faculty shared short #research talks on GenAI, digital curation, born-digital stewardship, and more.
Grateful to everyone who joined us and helped launch this new series.
#UNCSILS
A look back at our inaugural INSPIRE@SILS Research Symposium, where faculty shared short #research talks on GenAI, digital curation, born-digital stewardship, and more.
Grateful to everyone who joined us and helped launch this new series.
#UNCSILS
November 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
We’re pleased to share that Professor Diane Kelly has been named interim dean of UNC SILS, following Jeffrey Bardzell’s transition into a full-time role as Chief AI Officer and Vice Provost for AI. Congratulations to both leaders as SILS enters its next chapter!
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#UNCSILS
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Jeffrey Bardzell begins as vice provost for AI, Diane Kelly named SILS interim dean | UNC-Chapel Hill
Bardzell will lead the University’s AI strategy, and Kelly, a distinguished professor, will oversee the School of Information and Library Science until it joins with the School of Data Science and…
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November 18, 2025 at 11:31 PM
We’re pleased to share that Professor Diane Kelly has been named interim dean of UNC SILS, following Jeffrey Bardzell’s transition into a full-time role as Chief AI Officer and Vice Provost for AI. Congratulations to both leaders as SILS enters its next chapter!
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#UNCSILS
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#UNCSILS
Take a fall break with a warm cup of tea! 🍵🍂
Join us for a Cup of Tea with Dr. P on Wednesday, November 19, 3:30–4:30 p.m. in the SILS Library. There will be coloring, snacks, and great conversation with Dr. Ericka Patillo!
Open to all SILS students, faculty & staff! ✨
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Join us for a Cup of Tea with Dr. P on Wednesday, November 19, 3:30–4:30 p.m. in the SILS Library. There will be coloring, snacks, and great conversation with Dr. Ericka Patillo!
Open to all SILS students, faculty & staff! ✨
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November 17, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Take a fall break with a warm cup of tea! 🍵🍂
Join us for a Cup of Tea with Dr. P on Wednesday, November 19, 3:30–4:30 p.m. in the SILS Library. There will be coloring, snacks, and great conversation with Dr. Ericka Patillo!
Open to all SILS students, faculty & staff! ✨
buff.ly/JMVue3i
Join us for a Cup of Tea with Dr. P on Wednesday, November 19, 3:30–4:30 p.m. in the SILS Library. There will be coloring, snacks, and great conversation with Dr. Ericka Patillo!
Open to all SILS students, faculty & staff! ✨
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📢 UNC SILS is hiring!
The UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) invites applications for a Teaching Assistant Professor.
📅 Apply by January 5th, 2026: buff.ly/nnG6gqU
#JobOpening #UNCSILS #Hiring
The UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) invites applications for a Teaching Assistant Professor.
📅 Apply by January 5th, 2026: buff.ly/nnG6gqU
#JobOpening #UNCSILS #Hiring
November 14, 2025 at 7:43 PM
📢 UNC SILS is hiring!
The UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) invites applications for a Teaching Assistant Professor.
📅 Apply by January 5th, 2026: buff.ly/nnG6gqU
#JobOpening #UNCSILS #Hiring
The UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) invites applications for a Teaching Assistant Professor.
📅 Apply by January 5th, 2026: buff.ly/nnG6gqU
#JobOpening #UNCSILS #Hiring
📰 Big News: an interview with SILS student, @citap.bsky.social research assistant, and 2025 Google PhD Fellow Viviane Ito (@vivito.bsky.social) on the research behind her fellowship and the role of AI in health information-seeking.
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#UNCSILS #GoogleFellow
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#UNCSILS #GoogleFellow
UNC SILS PhD Student Viviane Ito Receives Prestigious 2025 Google Fellowship in Human-Computer Interaction - School of Information and Library Science
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) School of Information and Library Science (SILS) is proud to announce that doctoral student and Center for Information, Technology, and Public…
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November 13, 2025 at 5:55 PM
📰 Big News: an interview with SILS student, @citap.bsky.social research assistant, and 2025 Google PhD Fellow Viviane Ito (@vivito.bsky.social) on the research behind her fellowship and the role of AI in health information-seeking.
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#UNCSILS #GoogleFellow
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#UNCSILS #GoogleFellow
UNC SILS faculty, students & alumni are sharing their research at ASIS&T 2025 (Nov 14–18, Washington, D.C. + virtual Dec 11–12)! 📖🗣️💡
From panels & workshops to posters, our community is shaping the future of #InformationScience.
🔗 Full list of presentations: buff.ly/6Xb1h5g
#UNCSILS
From panels & workshops to posters, our community is shaping the future of #InformationScience.
🔗 Full list of presentations: buff.ly/6Xb1h5g
#UNCSILS
Join UNC SILS at the 2025 ASIS&T Annual Meeting - School of Information and Library Science
Join faculty and students from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Information and Library Science, for the 2025 ASIS&T Annual Meeting, taking place in-person, November 14-18,…
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November 12, 2025 at 5:35 AM
UNC SILS faculty, students & alumni are sharing their research at ASIS&T 2025 (Nov 14–18, Washington, D.C. + virtual Dec 11–12)! 📖🗣️💡
From panels & workshops to posters, our community is shaping the future of #InformationScience.
🔗 Full list of presentations: buff.ly/6Xb1h5g
#UNCSILS
From panels & workshops to posters, our community is shaping the future of #InformationScience.
🔗 Full list of presentations: buff.ly/6Xb1h5g
#UNCSILS
Two weeks ago, the Carolina Health Informatics Program, @chip-unc.bsky.social, hosted a faculty panel to discuss their groundbreaking research.
Thanks to the panelists — Amy Cole, Lukasz Mazur, David Gotz, & Ashok Krishnamurthy — and to all the students who joined us!
🔗 chip.unc.edu/dual-degree/
Thanks to the panelists — Amy Cole, Lukasz Mazur, David Gotz, & Ashok Krishnamurthy — and to all the students who joined us!
🔗 chip.unc.edu/dual-degree/
November 6, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Two weeks ago, the Carolina Health Informatics Program, @chip-unc.bsky.social, hosted a faculty panel to discuss their groundbreaking research.
Thanks to the panelists — Amy Cole, Lukasz Mazur, David Gotz, & Ashok Krishnamurthy — and to all the students who joined us!
🔗 chip.unc.edu/dual-degree/
Thanks to the panelists — Amy Cole, Lukasz Mazur, David Gotz, & Ashok Krishnamurthy — and to all the students who joined us!
🔗 chip.unc.edu/dual-degree/
Join UNC Libraries for a celebration of 25 years of the Carolina Academic Library Associate (CALA) program—a partnership with SILS that’s helped launch countless library & information careers. Hear from CALA students & alumni! library.unc.edu/news/fall-20...
🔗 Register: go.unc.edu/LibraryScholars
🔗 Register: go.unc.edu/LibraryScholars
Fall 2025 Library Discovery Hour Series
Learn about campus and the University Libraries with the Libraries’ archivists and experts.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Join UNC Libraries for a celebration of 25 years of the Carolina Academic Library Associate (CALA) program—a partnership with SILS that’s helped launch countless library & information careers. Hear from CALA students & alumni! library.unc.edu/news/fall-20...
🔗 Register: go.unc.edu/LibraryScholars
🔗 Register: go.unc.edu/LibraryScholars
SILS & the School of Data Science and Society are beginning a participatory process to help design a new school at Carolina.
“SILS and SDSS are excited about what their combined expertise can do to support student learning and growth,” said Dean Jeff Bardzell.
Learn more: buff.ly/ROn3ish
“SILS and SDSS are excited about what their combined expertise can do to support student learning and growth,” said Dean Jeff Bardzell.
Learn more: buff.ly/ROn3ish
SILS and SDSS Begin Planning for a New School at Carolina - School of Information and Library Science
The School of Information and Library Science (SILS) and the School of Data Science and Society (SDSS) will serve as co-equal founding partners of a new school at UNC-Chapel Hill, combining their…
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November 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM
SILS & the School of Data Science and Society are beginning a participatory process to help design a new school at Carolina.
“SILS and SDSS are excited about what their combined expertise can do to support student learning and growth,” said Dean Jeff Bardzell.
Learn more: buff.ly/ROn3ish
“SILS and SDSS are excited about what their combined expertise can do to support student learning and growth,” said Dean Jeff Bardzell.
Learn more: buff.ly/ROn3ish
💻 Join us tomorrow, Tuesday, November 4, 2–3 p.m. ET on Zoom for an info session exploring UNC SILS MPS in Digital Curation and Management and the Archives and Records Management track of the M.S. in Library Science.
🔗 Register today! Go.unc.edu/DCMARM
#UNCSILS #DigitalCuration #Archives #UNC
🔗 Register today! Go.unc.edu/DCMARM
#UNCSILS #DigitalCuration #Archives #UNC
November 3, 2025 at 12:01 PM
💻 Join us tomorrow, Tuesday, November 4, 2–3 p.m. ET on Zoom for an info session exploring UNC SILS MPS in Digital Curation and Management and the Archives and Records Management track of the M.S. in Library Science.
🔗 Register today! Go.unc.edu/DCMARM
#UNCSILS #DigitalCuration #Archives #UNC
🔗 Register today! Go.unc.edu/DCMARM
#UNCSILS #DigitalCuration #Archives #UNC
🎓 Don’t miss out on your chance to take the next steps toward your graduate studies in digital curation or archives!
⏰ 1 week away – join our virtual info session
📅 November 4 | 2–3 p.m. ET
🔗 Register here: go.unc.edu/DCMARM
#LibraryScience #InformationScience #UNCSILS #UNC
⏰ 1 week away – join our virtual info session
📅 November 4 | 2–3 p.m. ET
🔗 Register here: go.unc.edu/DCMARM
#LibraryScience #InformationScience #UNCSILS #UNC
October 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
🎓 Don’t miss out on your chance to take the next steps toward your graduate studies in digital curation or archives!
⏰ 1 week away – join our virtual info session
📅 November 4 | 2–3 p.m. ET
🔗 Register here: go.unc.edu/DCMARM
#LibraryScience #InformationScience #UNCSILS #UNC
⏰ 1 week away – join our virtual info session
📅 November 4 | 2–3 p.m. ET
🔗 Register here: go.unc.edu/DCMARM
#LibraryScience #InformationScience #UNCSILS #UNC
🎉 Congratulations to SILS PhD student and @citap.bsky.social graduate student assistant, Viviane Ito (@viviito.bsky.social), named a 2025 Google PhD Fellow! Her work examines how AI-driven tools like ChatGPT & AI Overviews shape health information-seeking & trust online. ➡️go.unc.edu/GoogleFellow.
October 24, 2025 at 4:02 AM
🎉 Congratulations to SILS PhD student and @citap.bsky.social graduate student assistant, Viviane Ito (@viviito.bsky.social), named a 2025 Google PhD Fellow! Her work examines how AI-driven tools like ChatGPT & AI Overviews shape health information-seeking & trust online. ➡️go.unc.edu/GoogleFellow.
A little creativity + community at SILS 🎃
Join us for Tea with Dr. P, Wed., October 29, 3:30–4:30 p.m., in Manning Library. Sip tea 🍵, paint Halloween pottery 🦇, and celebrate the season with Dr. Ericka Patillo, Associate Dean for Academics! All students, faculty, and staff are welcome. #UNCSILS
Join us for Tea with Dr. P, Wed., October 29, 3:30–4:30 p.m., in Manning Library. Sip tea 🍵, paint Halloween pottery 🦇, and celebrate the season with Dr. Ericka Patillo, Associate Dean for Academics! All students, faculty, and staff are welcome. #UNCSILS
October 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
A little creativity + community at SILS 🎃
Join us for Tea with Dr. P, Wed., October 29, 3:30–4:30 p.m., in Manning Library. Sip tea 🍵, paint Halloween pottery 🦇, and celebrate the season with Dr. Ericka Patillo, Associate Dean for Academics! All students, faculty, and staff are welcome. #UNCSILS
Join us for Tea with Dr. P, Wed., October 29, 3:30–4:30 p.m., in Manning Library. Sip tea 🍵, paint Halloween pottery 🦇, and celebrate the season with Dr. Ericka Patillo, Associate Dean for Academics! All students, faculty, and staff are welcome. #UNCSILS
💻🗂️ Preserve the past, curate your future, and make it your career! Interested in digital curation or archives and records management? Join us November 4, 2–3 p.m. ET for a virtual info session about two SILS graduate programs.
Register here ➡️ go.unc.edu/DCMARM
#LibraryScience #InformationScience
Register here ➡️ go.unc.edu/DCMARM
#LibraryScience #InformationScience
October 21, 2025 at 2:47 AM
💻🗂️ Preserve the past, curate your future, and make it your career! Interested in digital curation or archives and records management? Join us November 4, 2–3 p.m. ET for a virtual info session about two SILS graduate programs.
Register here ➡️ go.unc.edu/DCMARM
#LibraryScience #InformationScience
Register here ➡️ go.unc.edu/DCMARM
#LibraryScience #InformationScience
It’s #UNCResearchWeek! Join UNC SILS faculty on Monday, Oct. 20, from 10-11 am (Wilson Library, Pleasants Rm) for a panel on #archives and #digital curation. Earn CLE credit by attending! go.unc.edu/URWArchives
#UNCChapelHill #SILS #LibraryScience
#UNCChapelHill #SILS #LibraryScience
October 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
It’s #UNCResearchWeek! Join UNC SILS faculty on Monday, Oct. 20, from 10-11 am (Wilson Library, Pleasants Rm) for a panel on #archives and #digital curation. Earn CLE credit by attending! go.unc.edu/URWArchives
#UNCChapelHill #SILS #LibraryScience
#UNCChapelHill #SILS #LibraryScience
📣 Join the SILS faculty at UNC!
We’re seeking a tenure-track Associate or Full Professor in Archives & Records Management to join our internationally recognized faculty.
Apply by November 24: go.unc.edu/archivesfaculty
#Hiring #UNC #SILS #LibraryScience
We’re seeking a tenure-track Associate or Full Professor in Archives & Records Management to join our internationally recognized faculty.
Apply by November 24: go.unc.edu/archivesfaculty
#Hiring #UNC #SILS #LibraryScience
October 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
📣 Join the SILS faculty at UNC!
We’re seeking a tenure-track Associate or Full Professor in Archives & Records Management to join our internationally recognized faculty.
Apply by November 24: go.unc.edu/archivesfaculty
#Hiring #UNC #SILS #LibraryScience
We’re seeking a tenure-track Associate or Full Professor in Archives & Records Management to join our internationally recognized faculty.
Apply by November 24: go.unc.edu/archivesfaculty
#Hiring #UNC #SILS #LibraryScience
✨ Welcome to the 2025–2026 Carolina Academic Library Associates (CALAs)! Now in its 25th year, CALA gives SILS graduate students the chance to enhance their education with experience working in an academic library. The program is a collaboration between UNC Libraries & SILS. go.unc.edu/CALA2025-2026
Introducing the 2025-2026 Carolina Academic Library Associates - School of Information and Library Science
The School of Information and Library Science graduate students will get real-world experience by working hands-on with the Libraries.
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October 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
✨ Welcome to the 2025–2026 Carolina Academic Library Associates (CALAs)! Now in its 25th year, CALA gives SILS graduate students the chance to enhance their education with experience working in an academic library. The program is a collaboration between UNC Libraries & SILS. go.unc.edu/CALA2025-2026
SILS has shared a statement on the University’s plans to form a new school led by SILS and SDSS. We remain committed to honoring our 93-year legacy of excellence and to ensuring this transition is successful for all involved.
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SILS Statement on the Formation of a New School at Carolina - School of Information and Library Science
The following statement was shared with the SILS community on October 13, 2025, regarding the University’s announcement of a new school to be formed by the School of Information and Library Science…
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October 13, 2025 at 9:51 PM
SILS has shared a statement on the University’s plans to form a new school led by SILS and SDSS. We remain committed to honoring our 93-year legacy of excellence and to ensuring this transition is successful for all involved.
Read more ➡️ sils.unc.edu/news/sils-st...
Read more ➡️ sils.unc.edu/news/sils-st...